Further miracles

CHAP. V1.

by Elisha. again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. after bin, he lighted down from the Il But Naaman was wrth, and went chariot to meet him, and said, Is all away, and said, Behold, I thought, He well? will surely come out to ine, and stand, and call on the name of the Lono his God,and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar,rivers of Damascus,better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage.

22 And he said, All is well. My moster hath sent me, saying, Behold,even now there be come to ine from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver and two changes of garments.

23 AndNaaman said,Be content,take, two talents. And he urged him, and 13 And his servants came near, and bound two talents of silver in two spake unto him, and said, My father, bags, with two changes of garments, f the prophet had bid thee do some and laid them upon two of his sergreat thing, wouldest thou not have vants; and they bare them before him. done it? how much rather then,when| 24 Aud when he came to the tower, he saith to thee,Wash, and be clean? he took them from their band, and be14 Then he went down, and dipped]stowed them in the house; and he let himself seven times in Jordan,accord-the men go, and they departed. ing to the saying of the man of God: 25 But he went in, and stood before and his flesh came again like unto the his master: and Elisha said unto him, flesh of a little child,and he was clean. Whence comest thou, Gehazi? 15 ¶ And he returned to the man of he said, Thy servant went no whither. God, he and all his company,and came 26 And he said unto him, Went not and stood before him: and he said, my heart with thee, when the man Behold, now I know that there is no turned again from his chariot to meet God in all the earth,but in Israel; now thee? Is it a time to receive money, therefore I nray thee, take a blessing and to receive garments, and oliveof thy servant

16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods but unto the Lond.

And

yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maidservants.?

27 The leprosy therefore of Naamau shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow CHAP. VI.

AND the sons of the prophets said

the

unto Elisha, Behold now, place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

18 In this thing the Lonn pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship] 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jorthere, and he leaneth on my hand, and dau, and take thence every man a 1 bow myself in the house of Rimmon; beam, and let us make us a place there, when I bow down myself in the house where we may dwell And he answer of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy ser-ed, Go ye. vant in this thing.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray 19 And he said unto him,Go in peace. thee, and go with thy servants. And So he departed from him a little way. he answered, I will go.

20 T ButGehazi,the servant of Elisha 4 So be went with them. And when the man of God, said, Behold, my they came to Jordan, they cut down master hath spared Naaman this Syr-wood.

ian, in not receiving at his hands that 5 But as one was felling a beam, the which he brought; but as the LORD axe-head fell into the water: and he liveth, I will run after him, and take cried, and said, Alas, master! for it somewhat of him. was borrowed

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman; 6 And the man of God said, Where and when Naaman saw him running fell it? And he showed him the place

11. KINGS.

Famine in Samaria And he cut down a stick, and cast it follow me, and I will bring you to the m thither; and the iron did swim. man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

11 T Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me 23 And he prepared great provision which of us is for the king of Israel ? for them: and when they had eaten 12 And one of his servants said, None, and drunk, he sent them away, and my lord, O king: but Elisha, the they went to their master. So the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the bands of Syria came no more into the king of Israel the words that thou spakest in thy bed-chamber.

29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him and I said unto her on the next 18 ¶ And when they came down to day, Give thy son, that we may eat hum, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, him, and she bath hid her son. and said, Smite this people, 1 pray 30 ¶ And it came to pass, when the thee, with blindness. And lie smote king beard the words of the woman, them with blindness, according to the that he rent his clothes; and he passed word of Elisha. by upon the wall, and the people 19 And Elisha said unto them, This looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth is not the way,neither is this the city ;|within upon his flesh

Elisha prophesieth

CHAI. VII.

31 Then he said,God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

plenty in Samaria. the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life 8 And when these lepers came to the 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and uttermost part of the camp, they went the elders sat with him and the king into one tent, and did eat and drink, sent a man from before him: but ere and carried thence silver, and gold, the messenger came to him, he said to and raiment, and went and hid it, and the elders, See ye how this son of a came again, and entered into another murderer hath sent to take away my tent,and carried thence also, and went head? look, when the messenger com-jand bid it.

eth,shut the door,and hold him fast at 9 Then they said one to another, We the door is not the sound of his mas-do not well: this day is a day of good ter's feet behind him?

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? CHAP. VII.

THEN

HEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lons,To-morrow about this time shalla measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mis chief will come upon us: now there fore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

11 And he called the porters: and 2 Then a lord on whose hand the they told it to the king's house within. king eanec answered the man of God, 12 ¶ And the king arose in the night, and said, Behold, if the Load would and said unto his servants, I will now make windows in heaven, might this show you what the Syrians have done thing be? And he said, Behold, thou to us. They know that we be hungry: sbalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt therefore are they gone out of the not eat thereof.

3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die ?

4 Il we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore, come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall vut die.

camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed :)and let us send and see. 14 They took therefore two chariot5 And they rose up in the twilight, horses; and the king sent after the host to go unto the camp of the Syrians of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. and when they were come to the ut- 15 And they went after them unto termost part of the camp of Syria, be-]Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full hold, there was no man there. of garments and vessels, which the 6 For the Lond had made the host of Syrians had cast away in their haste the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, And the messengers returned,and told and a noise of horses,even the noise of the king. a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come

upon us.

16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel,and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the

Wherefore they arose and fled inj Lonn.

Jehoram's wicked reign.

17 T And the king appointed the lord, 7 T And Elisha came to Damascus; on whose hand he leaned, to have the and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was charge of the gate: and the people sick; and it was told him saying, The trodė upon him in the gate, and heman of God is come hither. died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two incasures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

9 So Hazael went to meet him; and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus,forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said,Thy son Ben-badad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying,

19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lond should make windows in hea-Shall I recover of this disease? ven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

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CHAP. VIII.

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go,say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.

11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until be was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

HEN spake Elisha unto the wo- 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth man, whose son he had restored my lord? And he answered, Because to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and I know the evil that thou wilt do unto thy household, and sojourn where so-the children of Israel: their strong ever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD holds wilt thou set on fire, and their hath called for a famine; and it shall young men wilt thou slay with the also come upon the land seven years. sword, and wilt dash their children, 2 And the woman arose,and did after and rip up their women with child. the saying of the man of God: and 13 And Hazael said,But what! is thy she went with her household, and so- servant a dog, that be should do this journed in the land of the Philistines great thing? And Elisha answered, seven years. The Lord hath showed me that thou shall be king over Syria.

3 And it came to pass at the seren years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 And the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

5 And it came to pass,as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered,He told methat thou shouldest surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 ¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Abab king of Israel, Jebosh aphat being then king of Jadah, Jeho ram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and be reign6 And when the king asked the wo-fed eight years in Jerusalem. man, she told him. So the king ap- 18 And he walked in the way of the pointed unto her a certain officer, say. kings of Israel, as did the house of ing, Restore all that was hers, and all Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was the fruits of the field since the day his wife: and he did evil in the sight that she left the land, even until now. [of the LORD.

Jehu anointed

CHAP. IX.

king over Israel. 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy, and make him arise up from among Judah for David his servants's sake, as his brethren, and carry him to an inner he promised him to give him always chamber ; a light, and to his children.

20 T In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots. and the people fled into their tents.

3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lond, I have anointed thee king over Israel: then open the door, and flce, and tarry not.

4 So the young man,even the young nan the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.

5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting: and 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the] he said, I have an errand to thee, O caphand of Judah unto this day. Then tain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all Libnah revolted at the same time. us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, 6 And he arose, and went into the and all that he did, are they not writ-house; and he poured the oil on his ten in the book of the Chronicles of the head, and said unto him, Thus saith kings of Judah? the LORD God of Israel, I have anoint ed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.

24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

7 And thou shalt sunite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge 25 ¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the the blood of my servants the prophets, son of Ahab king of Israel, did Aha-and the blood of all the servants of the ziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. begin to reign. 8 For the whole house of Abab sball 26 Two and twenty years old was perish; and I will cut off from Ahab Ahazialı when he began to reign; and him that pisseth against the wall, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. him that is shut up and left in Israel: And his mother's name was Athaliah,| 9 And I will make the house of Alab the daughter of Omri king of Israel. like the house of Jeroboam the son of 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he tens the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

28 ¶ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth.gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.

Nebat, and like the house of Baasua the son of Ahijah:

10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

11 ¶ And Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came tlus mad fellow to thee? And he said unto then, Ye know the man, and bis communication.

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of 12 And they said, It is false; tell us Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jeho- | now. And he said, Thus and thus ram king of Judah went down to see spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, be-LoRD, 1 have anointed thee king over cause he was sick.

CHAP. IX.

Israel.

13 Then they hasted, and took every

AND Elisha the prophet called one man his garment, and put it under him

of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:

on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshapat, the son of Ninshi, conspired against 2 And when thou comest thither, Joram;(now Joram had kept Ramoth look out there Jehu the son of Jehosh-gilead, he and all Israel, because of aphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, Hazael king of Syria: